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The Senior Specialist, Experience Strategy will play a vital role across multiple workstreams to support product innovation and opportunity discovery. You will support the translation of insights into opportunity areas, value propositions, and roadmap implications that inform new product innovation. In this role you will collaborate with a cross-functional team including other experience strategists, researchers, designers, product managers and technologists to provide strategic clarity by framing problems, defining opportunity spaces, and guiding prioritization decisions to support product development. This role is suited to individuals who feel comfortable with ambiguity, navigating multiple research sources, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to inform pragmatic implications for both the business and the future-state experience.
Job Responsibility:
Participate from early discovery of the problem space through MVP definition, identifying customer needs, uncovering the right problems to solve, defining future opportunities, and crafting clear value proposition and visions for Mastercard’s New Product development portfolios
Translate insights into actionable recommendations that inform product roadmaps, MVP definitions, and prioritization frameworks before the development phase
Support the exploration of behavioral, experience, and technology trends to inform strategic thinking and outcomes
Help to identify, track, and analyze societal, behavioral, consumer and landscape trends to develop strategic foresights
Contribute to the definition and framing of problem statements and strategic opportunities to guide product and experience development
Assist in designing and facilitating collaborative cross-disciplinary workshops to drive alignment, ideation, and/or prioritization
Contribute to the development of compelling narratives and be comfortable presenting to a wide range of stakeholders
Able to manage your priorities and timelines across multiple locations/time zones
Embrace new challenges and have a desire to develop as a strategist and learn new skills
Contribute to the Customer Experience & Design community and support efforts to broaden and mature the understanding of Experience Strategy as a discipline
Requirements:
Bachelor’s in design, Business, Economics, Psychology, Marketing, Digital Media, Multimedia, Computer Science, Mathematics, Geography, or a related field
Minimum of 4 years experience in experience strategy, product strategy, innovation consulting, services design, or related Design Thinking field
Demonstrated the ability to synthesize complex qualitative and quantitative data into insights, implications, and strategic recommendations, that impact product experience and business decisions
Great facilitation and communication skills with experience in shaping and facilitating design thinking workshops to achieve focused objectives
Understanding of product development, including MVP scoping, roadmap prioritization, and strategic planning processes
Familiar with different experience strategy frameworks and able to identify the appropriate methodologies and framework to apply on projects
Familiarity with user research methodologies and the ability to collaborate effectively with research teams
Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, rapidly evolving, and ambiguous environments with multiple stakeholders
Curious about cultural and technological trends, innovation, CX & Design, and experience-based thinking
Collaborative and inclusive team player able to work with cross functional teams across multiple disciplines
Curious about the global evolution of customer and consumer experiences in the world of payments, digital identity, consumer loyalty, and beyond
Effective communicator and are able to articulate complex concepts clearly and persuasively to audiences
Experience working with a B2B2C business ecosystem
Excited about improving the world through “doing well by doing good.”
What we offer:
Competitive pay based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role
May be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program